Brunette Beauty Last to See Young Heir Before Death
In Chicago a brunette woman says Montgomery Ward Thorne visited her at 4 a.m. Saturday and appeared sober. Thorne 20, the Montgomery Ward heir, was found dead hours later in his Gold Coast apartment. Doctor's say death around 5 a.m. pending coroner inquest next Monday. He had invited SuzAnne Rooks to a picnic with his fiancée Maureen Regan, to whom he left half his fortune.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Gold Coast
SuzAnne Rooks
Miss Rooks
Sgt
Thomas Mulvey
Maureen Regan
Dolar
Lake Geneva
Wis
Mulvey
Cypress Gardens
Fla
William Cobb Thorne
Montgomery Ward & Co
Miss Ragen
Pitts Trains At Philippines Base
Roswell man John nie L Pitts Route 1 Roswell completed a collateral training course with the 6414th Air Depot Wing in the Philippines The special training refreshed the airman on military drill and atomic warfare Pitts a Pensacola Junior High School alumnus enlisted in the U S Air Force in May 1946 in Pensacola Florida
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Clark A. F
Johnnie L. Pitts
Route 1
Roswell
Philippines
Pitts
Pensacola
U.S. Air Force
Florida
22 Story Building Walled in One Day
A New York builder rapidly clad a 22 story office tower at 57th Street and Park Avenue with aluminum exterior walls. Ninety minutes elapsed as 61 workers installed two story high sheets on a prebuilt frame. Norman Tishman, president of the construction firm, said the job would normally require eight to ten weeks. Spectators filled sidewalks in awe.
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New York
Norman Tishman
57Th Street
Park Avenue
Eight or Nine Fires Burn in Gila Forest
Joy Baldwin, Gila fire chief, said eight or nine fires remained burning in the Gila National Forest this morning. The latest count shows 36 fires sparked by last weekend’s thunderstorms, with 12 in the Black Range and 12 in Beaverhead. six in the Gila Wilderness and six in the Silver City district. A total of 37 firefighters were active, including 25 in the Black Range.
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Silver City
Gila National Forest
Joy Baldwin
Gila
Black Range
Beaverhead
Baldwin
Two Appointed to New Mexico Stabilization Board
H Mark Rickman of La Mesa was named chairman of the New Mexico Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation program. Agriculture Secretary Benson said Ed Heringa, former president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, was appointed to the program’s directing group.
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Las Cruces
H. Mark Rickman
la Mesa
New Mexico Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Program
Agriculture
Benson
Ed Heringa
The
New Mexico Cattle Growers Assn
Night Speaker Rev R C Spain Heads Church Meeting
The Church of God State Camp meeting at 1207 S Kentucky Ave will run daily with Rev R C Spain Indiana State Overseer as night speaker. Evening services start 7 p m through Saturday June 26 with nearby day programs and singing by Rev and Mrs Spain. Public invitation extended.
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R. C. Spain
Church of God In
Indiana
Church of God
Kentucky Ave
Spain
Church of God State Meeting
Body Found After Hitchhiking Incident Near Lordsburg
Mrs Burgess testified that she was forced to ride with Vaughan and his wife toward Midland after her husband was killed near U S 70 80 about 72 miles east of Lordsburg. She described a brutal beating and two shootings as the trio traveled from Las Vegas to Midland.
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Vaughan
U. S
Vaughans
Las Vegas
Nev
Midland
Burgess
Nashville
Tenn
Phoenix
Ariz
Globe
Lordsburg
Deming
Car collision suit seeks damages in Roswell district court
A three car wreck on May 9, 1953 on U S Highway 380 six miles east of Roswell led Rachel Garrett to sue Daniel and Gilbert Jimenez in district court for 600 dollars to cover damage to her 1952 Cadillac. The complaint states Daniel Jimenez ownership and Gilbert driving a 1949 Ford collided with Woods vehicle, pushing Woods car into Garretts Cadillac.
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Rachel Garrett
Daniel Jimenez
Gilbert Jimenez
U. S. Highway 380
Roswell
Gilbert
Warren Roy Woods
Woods
Slaughtering Up In New Mexico Cattle
The Agriculture Department reports rising cattle slaughter in New Mexico. In the first four months this year 16,100 head were slaughtered versus 14,400 in the same period last year.
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Las Cruces
Agriculture Department
New Mexico
Uncovered Santa Fe Hill finds second oldest Spanish fortification
Excavators on a hill near Santa Fe reveal the remains of a two century old Spanish fortification likely an outpost fort later serving as a jail. The site shows a rectangular adobe structure with bastion towers and a central hall, atop an Indian settlement dating 1200 to 1350.
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Santa FE
United States
Bruce T. Ellis
Laboratory of Anthropology
Fort Marcy
Ellis
Garita
Father Reunites After 17 Years At Seat Of Government
Ellis and two University of New Mexico graduate students unearthed a long abandoned government seat in New Mexico. Traces include a door sill impression and fireplace outline. Handmade nails from Spanish era were found. Photos from the 1880s and from 1900 show a roof and decay. Work backed by the Historical Society of New Mexico. Excavation to finish today.
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Ellis
University of New Mexico
Historical Society of New Mexico
Doctor Travels 15 Miles to Inoculate Town
In Ansley Nebraska a country doctor Dr Clyde Wilcox travels from Broken Bow daily to inoculate the town of 711 against polio. He aims to vaccinate the entire population by week’s end after five confirmed and four suspected polio cases. By then 125 people had been treated. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes it as the first mass inoculation of an entire community.
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Ansley
Neb
Broken Bow
Clyde Wilcox
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wilcox
Farmers Value Skunks for Pest Control
Many farmers refuse to kill skunks because they are valuable in killing insects, keeping down crop pests and reducing need for other pest management.
MIT radar pioneer Dr Karl Comp ton dies at 66
The Associated Press reports Dr Karl T Comp ton a leading radar and atom bomb pioneer and MIT chairman for 18 years died Tuesday He was born in Wooster Ohio The obituary notes his influential role in wartime radar development and his long MIT tenure.
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Associated Press
New York
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Wooster
Ohio
Atlantic City
N.J
Harry Goldstine
Chicago Real Estate Board
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
Chicago
Lodi
Calif
Tourists Seek Uranium Facts in Salt Lake City
Uranium brokers in Salt Lake City report growing tourist interest in penny uranium stocks. Tourists visit offices to learn and bring information to their own brokers, though they rarely buy on the spot. Local buyers show stronger fever for uranium.
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Salt Lake City
Ramon N. Bowman
Salt Lake
Notice of Real Estate Sale in Chaves County Court
The Chaves County Sheriff announces a public sale of real estate on August 6, 1954 at 10:00 a.m. at the Roswell courthouse. Property includes Lots 9 10 11 Greenways Subdivision, various mineral rights, and is subject to existing mortgages and oil and gas leases. Sale follows a 1954 judgment against Julius Skinner for $13,297.84 plus costs.
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Julius Skinner
District Court
Chaves County
New Mexico
Etta L. Jones Benson
George Edward Jones
Hazel Jones Cooper
Anona Bess Jones Burnett Combe
A. C. Jones, Jr
Zona Earle Jones Conley
Roswell
Greenways
South Highlands
Equitable Building and Loan Association
Richard G. Bean
Township 7
Range 30
N.mp.m
Magnoliac Company
Western Natural Gas Company
N NW
John M. Kelly
N.M.P
N.M.P.M
One of America’s Top Scientists Dr Compton Dies
Dr Karl T Compton 66 longtime MIT president died at Cornell Medical Center New York after a heart attack He led MIT 18 years and chaired it since 1948 earning wartime honors for radar work atomic bomb contributions He advised universal military training and supported US science during the cold war He survived by his wife Margaret Hutchinson and three children including Charles an instructor at Mount Hermon School.
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New York
Karl T. Compton
America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
As of Health
Army
Compton
Wooster
Ohio
Cornell Medical Center
Margaret Hutchinson
Carroll M. Boyce
Scarsdale
N. Y
Bissell
Holyoke Mass
Charles
Mount Hermon School
Northfield Mass
Eisenhower
Divorce Complaint Filed in Erma E White vs Carrol White
A divorce complaint was filed Monday in District Court naming Erma E White as plaintiff and Carrol White as defendant. The filing initiates divorce proceedings and seeks court relief.
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Erma E. White
Carrol White
Jet pilot killed in Sabrejet crash at Clovis Base
First Lt. Thomas W. Seuffert, 25, of Dayton Ohio, died in a Sabrejet crash at Clovis Air Base while on a routine training mission. The Korean veteran's death is under investigation.
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Clovis
Thomas W. Seuffert
Dayton
Ohio
Clovis Air Force Base
Sgt Bill Adams Serves in Korea
S. Sgt. William C. Adams of Roswell has arrived in Korea and is section head of the Driver Training School of the 8th Motor Vehicle Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Wing, Fifth Air Force. He is a nine year Air Force veteran from Walk er AFB and expects to return to the United States within 12 months from February 22, 1954. Adams is married to Mrs. William C. Adams of 1072 N Kentucky Ave Roswell and they have a son Billy Ray, 18 months old.
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Fifth Air Force
Korea
William C. Adams
Roswell
8Th Motor Vehicle Squadron
8Th Fighter Bomber Wing
Air Force
Walker Afb
United States
Parks Afb
Calif
Adams
Kentucky Ave
Sergeant
Adama
Billy Ray
Suitcase Thief Faces Surprise in Hagerstown
A thief took a hotel front suitcase but found a 60-pound ten foot python belonging to ventriloquist Harry Albacker. Albacker says he fed the snake and it may stay still until hungry in a few days. he will stay in town hoping for its return.
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Hagerstown
Harry Albacker
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State OF New Mexico
H. Puryear
Dr. Compton
Blakestad C&e
Falcon TV - Radio
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RVICE
Phillips 66
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Phillips’ Petroleum Company
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Platt
Roswell Drug
Woolsey's
S. Main
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